Index for guide cards



Aug. 7, 1934. w HOGE 1,969,403

INDEX FOR GUIDE CARDS Filed Nov. 24, 1933 VViZZiam He ge,

Patented Aug. 7, 1934 A UNITED STATES.

INDEX FOR/GUIDE CARDS William Hoge, Youngstown, Ohio, assignor to The GeneralFireproofing Company, Youngstown, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio 7 Application November 24, 1933, Serial No. 699,624

7 Claims. (arms-16.8

This invention relates to an improved index device for guide cards, and more particularly to a construction including a practical holder for receiving a novel removable and replaceable index member. Accordingly, one'of the objects of the invention is to provide a novel and durable holder construction that may be applied to the upper edge of a guide card or separator, thereby to receive and 10 support an index member whose indicia bearing surface is disposed at an oblique angle to the body of the card, thereby making it possible to more readily view the index in examining the filing contents of the drawer. A further object of the invention is to provide a substantial and rigid construction capable of withstanding the more or less frequent handling of the guide cards incident to locating the desired section of the filing material. That isto say, it is proposed to provide a construction which lends itself to reinforcing the taub portion of the guide card which normally projects from the upper edge thereof so as to strengthen the card at this point and materially increase the life of the card in service. 7

With the above and other objects in viewwhich will more readily appear as the nature 'of the.

invention is better understood, the invention con.- sists in the novel features of construction, come bination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and defined in the appended claims. *1 v A preferred and practical embodiment of the inventionis shown in the accompanying drawing,

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Figure 1 is a perspective view. of a portion of a guide card or separator having one form of the present improvements applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the construction shown in Figure 1.

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Figures 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views of modifications of the holder shown in Figure 1." Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

' Figure 3 is a side elevation of the structure,

: In its primary aspect, the invention includes in its organization the body member 1 provided at opposite edges thereof with the channels 2 and 3. As will be apparent from Figure 1 of the drawing, it is not essential that both of the channels 2 and 3 be formed integrally with the body 1, as illustrated, for example, in Figures 4, 5 and 6 I 2 Referring further to the construction of Fig-' ures 1, 2 and 3, it will be observed that the holder consists of the main body portion 1 above referred to and carrying the channel 2, and a supplemental body portion 1a carrying the channel 3, the portions 1 and It; being disposed respectively at the front and back of the tab portion T of the guide card C. For the purpose of fastening the body of the holder to the tab T, the. members 1 and 1a may be connected by suitable eyelet rivets 4-. which may be separate rivet fastenings or the metal of one member may be spun intoa projecting flange or lip to lit in the correspondingopening of the other member, thereby to be pressed down after the fashion of, a rivet or eyelet to securely attachthe holder to the tab. I r

The arrangement abovedescribed provides asubstantial and rigid type of holder in the respect 7 that thebody of the holder, consisting of thetwo parts 1 and 1a, is rigidly clamped to thetab and the disposition of the parts serves'to reinforce the tab; Furthermore, any strain imposed on the; upper flange 3 by;the lift ing or manipulation of the card will be transmitted to the rear body section 1a and will not entirely be focused on the fastening 4 fromthe same side of the. card as might be the case where both flanges are integral with thebody. I I h A primary object in providing the opposite channels 2' and ,3 isto receive and aceom modate; the offset edge flanges 5 and fi of a transparent; guard or sheath '7 which is bent at-right angles along its medial portion to provide upper and.

lower obliquely disposed Wings. It will be apparent from the drawing that the said member 7 may be readily slid into position by placing the fianges 5 and '6 thereof within the channels 2 and 3. And, for the purpose of preventing the 9 member 7 from accidentally isliding entirely through the channels, thebody 1 may be provided with the ofiset'yielding abutment 8 which serves 'as a spring clip to hold the transparent sheath in the channel. The sheath or guard 7 99 is preferably made of. celluloid or equivalentnraterial and to insure that the same will not-be. collapsed under the pressure of. handling the. guide cards, by having its flanges sprung from disengagement with the said; channels of the holder, the same is preferably backed up by the label or a resilient indicia bearing member 9. This member is of substantially triangular or' three sided formation with the edges of the wings or walls at the point 10 suitably connected so that 9 the member will exert more or less outward pressure on the transparent sheath 7 to firmly hold it in place. While the member 9 may have the index material printed on one face thereof so as to be exposed through the upper oblique wall of the sheath '7, it will of course be understood that insofar as the invention is concerned the indicia may be one separate strip that is simply clamped between one wall of the backing member 9 and the inside face of the transparent sheath '7. In

either case the triangular member serves to backxf up the sheath. V

I Figure 4 illustrates a simplified formof the 'invention wherein the body 1b is provi-dediwith the flanges 2a and 3a formed directly from .thewbody itself, the latter being attached to the front face. of the tab T by the fastenings 4a. In this form,

the body lb may be provided with theabutment 8a. The holder thus described may receive the transparent member '7 and backing member 9 previously referred to. I g

In Figure 5, there is shown a form of holder wherein the body 10 is provided-With the flanges 20 and-3c formed integrally therewith; but the body 10, at the top edge'of the tab, is offset rearwardly as indicated at ll, thereby to step the holder rearwardly to substantially alinewith the rear face of the tab. .Also in this form-of construction theremay be used a reinforcement member 12 which may be of steel,--celluloid,cloth, or any other suitable material doubled or folded upon itself and placed astride the tabso that the wings thereof may besecured to the body of U the card by thefast'enings 13 or their equivalent.- The body 10 of the holder may be secured to the reinforcement and the tab by'the fastenings 4c, and one end of the-body may be provided with the abutment to prevent the guard from passing entirely through the same.

Figure '6 of the drawing illustratesa holder having "the body 10! also-provided with the flanges 2d and 3d formedintegral-therewithjthe said flanges adapted to receive a resilient metal sheath l4 'havinga window-15 for exposing the indicia member adapted to be inserted-therebeneath."

' The foregoing views-serve to-i1lustrate the range of modification that may be resorted to in providingaholder for supporting an indicia bear-- ing member and its protective sheath at the Icorrect angle to be readily observed'byanyonein placing or removing filing'material in thedrawer. The arrangement described also facilitates the" removal of labels as ,wellas thecelluloid window or sheath in the event that a different colorlabelor sheath is desired to replace the window or label[ Not only-does theofiset sheath or guard protect the label during manipulation and filing,- but at the same time the labels are protected from direct contact with the filing matter arranged between the guides. J

Without further descr'ption it is thought'that the features andadvantagesof the invention will be readily apparent'to those skilled-in the art, and it will of coursebe understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor dea holder having opposite channels, a resilient transparent guard member of angular cross-section provided with flanges at its edges for engaging in said channels, and a resilient backing member of substantially triangular cross-section 80 adapted to be inserted between the holder and the guard member. i

2. An index device for guide cards, including a holder comprising a body having keeper channels at opposite edges thereof, a transparent resilient guard member bent to provide upper and lower wings having flanges at their outer edges forengaging 'With said keeper channels, and a backing member folded into substantially triangularformation andadapted to be inserted be- ,tween thetransparent guard member and the holder.

3. An' index device for guide cards including a holder comprising separate body members adapted respectively to engage opposite sides of the guide-card, oneof'said members having a lower channel portioniand: the other .of I said members" having a forwardly;extendingxwall adaptedto coventhe top edge. of the guide card and termi-- nating in a channel lying opposite the first- 190 mentioned channel; means for fastening said body members together and to the guide card body, a resilient guard member of angular. cross section provided with flanges for engaging: in. said channels, anda resilient backing member..105 insertable l between the holder andlthe guard member. I 0 :x 4. An index devicefor guide cardsiincluding a holder having opposite channels, a resilient guard" member of angular cross-section providing upper 1 10 and'lower wings inclined obliquely toward the: holder and having edge flanges-for engaging in said channels, and a resilient backing member: having angularly related wings adapted to be: inserted between the wings of the guard, member and said holder. 1

5. An'index device-for guide cards comprising a holder including-opposite channels 'both- 'dis-" posedatone faceof the card, means for'securing: said holder to the guide card, a guard .memberaof 1.2g V shap'e'd cross-section provided with flanges at the edges thereof for engaging in. said channels, whereby the apex of said guard projects away: from: the! face of the guide card to which the holder is attached; and abacking member having 5 tween theiwings ,ofthe. guard. andthe body of I the holder. '7 An index device for'guidecardseincluding. a holder provided at its front sidewith a pairof. upper-,and lowerhflange. members constituting keeper. ielementsand providing therebetween' a. 4 front opening. anda resilientlguardiof angular" cross-section providing upper andv -lower wings inclined-toward the'holder andhaving"edge'por; tions interfitting with said keeper elements.

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